Beyrout

or BEIROUT, (bi-root'.) [Anc. Berytus.] A fortified seaport, and the most flourishing commercial town of Syria, in proportion to its size, lies on abay of the Mediterranean, 57 m. W.N.W. of Damascus, of which city it is the port, and 3 m. S. of Cape Beyrout, which is in Lat. 32° 50′ N., Lon. 35° 26′ E. Pop. 100,000. [s. 92]